Fixture 2024 Fixture

[Tibbs]

Freo are shyte, and will remain so through '24. I dont rate Carlton either, they are going to come back to the pack. Like each year, there will surprise bolters from below, and at least one of the top 8 dropping out.

Meanwhile Port, ...................... will be Port!

 

[240volt]

Y

Yes.
It was the era of the primordial sludge from whence life evolved.
I know it well.
A time of hope and optimism.
How I yearn for those days again.

Ah yes the good old days , still have the 2004 on tape somewhere with my Matlock box set.
Unfortunately the VCR has long gone.

 

[afl2004]

Sees fixture "cool fixtures" remembers who's running port "lots of saved money and time there"

 

[Tibbs]

Sees fixture "cool fixtures" remembers who's running port "lots of saved money and time there"

We have nothing to fear! After all ...


What a relief!

 

[Poo Eckert]

Don’t underestimate Ross Lyon. The Saints defence will tighten again in 2024 they are my Smokey top 4 contender.

If we’re good enough we should be in contention for top 4 we need to maximise our early fixture benefits.

 

[240volt]

Don’t underestimate Ross Lyon. The Saints defence will tighten again in 2024 they are my Smokey top 4 contender.

If we’re good enough we should be in contention for top 4 we need to maximise our early fixture benefits.

Ross knows how to arrange his defence so they don’t get slaughtered to often.
Once they hit a team that has some bite up forward it’s all over for them.
They are no hope in the world of top 4, be lucky to even play finals.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Port Adelaide 2024 AFL fixture (all times local)

Home games schedule
Thursday
R12 Port Adelaide v Carlton | Thursday 30 May | 7:00pm | Adelaide Oval - on 7

Friday
R4 Port Adelaide v Essendon | Friday 5 April | 7:40pm | Adelaide Oval | GATHER ROUND - on 7
R7 Port Adelaide v St Kilda | Friday 26 April | 7:10pm | Adelaide Oval | ANZAC ROUND - on 7

Saturday
R15 Port Adelaide v Brisbane | Saturday 22 June | 1:15pm | Adelaide Oval - Fox Footy

R3 Port Adelaide v Melbourne | Saturday 30 March | 7:00pm | Adelaide Oval - only Saturday night game so on 7 nationally
R5 Port Adelaide v Fremantle | Saturday 13 April | 7:00pm | Adelaide Oval - Probably Fox Footy

Sunday
R1 Port Adelaide v West Coast | Sunday 17 March | 3:30pm |Adelaide Oval - Middle Sunday game, on 7 in Vic game in WA 6.20pm
R10 Port Adelaide v Hawthorn | Sunday 19 May | 2:50pm | Adelaide Oval - Middle Sunday game, so on 7 in Vic

5 home games of 8 at night. No true twilight games as Rd 1 is still in daylight saving time.

Unknown
R17 Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs | Adelaide Oval
R19 Port Adelaide v Richmond | Adelaide Oval
R21 Port Adelaide v Sydney | Adelaide Oval
R23 Port Adelaide v Adelaide | Adelaide Oval


Away games schedule
Thursday
R8 Adelaide v Port Adelaide | Thursday 2 May | 7:00pm | Adelaide Oval - on 7

Friday
R9 Geelong v Port Adelaide | Friday 10 May | 7:10pm | GMHBA Stadium - on 7 but a game in Perth at 6.20pm local time

Saturday
R6 Collingwood v Port Adelaide | Saturday 20 April | 1:45pm | MCG
R11 North Melbourne v Port Adelaide | Saturday 25 May | 1:45pm | Blundstone Arena

Sunday
R2 Richmond v Port Adelaide | Sunday 24 March | 4:00pm | MCG - Middle Sunday game, on 7 in Vic game in WA 6.20pm
R14 GWS v Port Adelaide | Sunday 16 June | 4:00pm | GIANTS Stadium - 2nd of 2 Sunday games but wont be on 7

2 of 6 games at night. Rd 14 game is twilight but Rd 2 is during daylight saving so not true twilight.

Unknown
R16 St Kilda v Port Adelaide | Marvel Stadium
R18 Gold Coast v Port Adelaide | Heritage Bank Stadium
R20 Carlton v Port Adelaide | Marvel Stadium
R22 Melbourne v Port Adelaide | MCG
R24 Fremantle v Port Adelaide | Optus Stadium

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Adelaide will play the Western Bulldogs at the Adelaide oval for the first time since 2018, they will also play Sydney twice for the first time since 2005.
Carlton and North Melbourne will also clash twice for the first time since 2007.
Essendon will play Fremantle at the MCG for the first time since 1999.
Other than covid, Geelong will play Hawthorn at the Cattery for the first time since 2006, and Richmond for the first time since 2017, they will also travel to the NT For the first time ever.
Gold Coast double up against Richmond for the first time ever and they get their first ever primetime game with no covid or floating fixtures.
GWS play Port Adelaide in Sydney for the first time since 2013 and North there for the first time since 2015 (minus covid).
Melbourne play West Coast at the MCG for the first time since 2014.
North play Fremantle at Marvel for the first time since 2017.
Richmond play Gold Coast at the MCG for the first time since 2016.
West Coast get Brisbane at Optus for the first time
Freo playing crows at Optus first time since 2018
Collingwood play 7 of their last 8 games at the MCG

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

The Herald Sun published the attached pdf of the full FIXture by round. Have also attached their pdf of each inividual club.

What is clear is that the Opening Round with 8 teams playing 4 games, and those teams having byes 2 at a time in Rds 2,3,4, and 6 means the elimination of 1 of the 3 Sunday games in some of those rounds. Same thing happens during the Bye rounds of Rds 12 to 15. For some reason only Port and Freo get a bye in Rd 13.

Only have 2 Sunday games in Rds 3,5,6,7, 9 and bye rds 12 thru 15.

The AFL has also tried to get rid of many time slot clash games as possible and adjusted Sunday starting times to make sure there is no overlap of games.

Before daylight saving ends the WA teams play at 3.50pm local time = 6.50pm AEST for Sunday night football. There are Sunday night games EST in Rds Rd 8 Brisbane v GC 7.10 as Monday is the Labor day holiday, Rd 10 at 6.20 EST WCE v Melb in Perth, Rd 13 Essendon v Carlton at 7.20 King's Birthday long weekend.


There are no clash / overlap games in the following rounds
Opening
Rd 2
Rd 3 Easter
Rd 7 ANZAC Rd starts ANZAC eve on Wednesday night
Rds 12-15 which are the bye rounds

Rd 4 Gather Round there is a 1 hr overlap of Sunday arvo 2nd game at Norwood and AO twilight game.

In the following rounds the only time there are 2 games in the same time slot are Saturday night games in - Rd 1,5,6,8, 9 and 10.
The only Saturday arvo clash games in the same time slot is Rd 11.

 

[longdonkey]

Don’t underestimate Ross Lyon. The Saints defence will tighten again in 2024 they are my Smokey top 4 contender.

If we’re good enough we should be in contention for top 4 we need to maximise our early fixture benefits.

Ross Lyon is pish. He's like Hinkley with a defensive plan.

 

[Capital Power]

No game in Canberra again, which given our record is not a bad thing. We haven't played here since 2017.

 

[Poo Eckert]

Ross Lyon is pish. He's like Hinkley with a defensive plan.

Well Ross Lyon go Freeo to a GF more than Hinkley and better than any other freeo coach.

His recorded is strong, merely unlucky not to win one.

 

[longdonkey]

Well Ross Lyon go Freeo to a GF more than Hinkley and better than any other freeo coach.

His recorded is strong, merely unlucky not to win one.

My alternate view is he coached the best team in the comp for multiple seasons and didn't win a flag. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one I'd say.

 

[Grave Danger]

No game in Canberra again, which given our record is not a bad thing. We haven't played here since 2017.

At the "showground for livestock" that Mason Cox is so fond of, Hinkley will come down with foot in mouth disease.

 

[240volt]

No game in Canberra again, which given our record is not a bad thing. We haven't played here since 2017.

I went to Canberra once, two things stood out, fking cold and roundabouts.
Can’t see why we should ever have to play there.

 

[Capital Power]

I went to Canberra once, two things stood out, fking cold and roundabouts.
Can’t see why we should ever have to play there.

You need to come in summer. 45 degrees in the shade and no rain for three months

But yeah, IIRC the last game we had here it was sleeting. Not ideal. I see that since then games here seem to have been scheduled earlier/later in the season.

 

[TeeKray]

Well Ross Lyon go Freeo to a GF more than Hinkley and better than any other freeo coach.

His recorded is strong, merely unlucky not to win one.

Has coached St Kilda and Fremantle of all teams to 3 grand finals between them since the foodbowl club last saw the big day. Comparisons to Hinkley are insulting.

 

[growly]

We have hit a wall☹ and the saints will slip, pencil in 4 wins with those double ups. If you go 50-50 with the rest of the double ups you will be sitting fine probably about 16 wins for you guys this year

 

[TazD]

No games in Adelaide for round 24.

 

[Poo Eckert]

My alternate view is he coached the best team in the comp for multiple seasons and didn't win a flag. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one I'd say.

Well 2024 will show as one of us correct. You’re odds better

 

[Grave Danger]

No games in Adelaide for round 24.

The WA teams both played away in R1 this year, but that was because Optus was still being remediated from Ed Sheeran - what's the story with R24? I supposed there had to be some sort of evening out for all the early games at AO, for us and the Corporation.

 

[TeeKray]

My alternate view is he coached the best team in the comp for multiple seasons and didn't win a flag. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one I'd say.

Making a grand final means you are a strong and well coached team. For Lyon to do it three times across two clubs says it was no fluke. Winning the grand final takes a lot more than that - performing on the day, a bit of luck, being a Victorian team.

Lyon has proven he can get teams to stand up under the heat and pressure of finals football. Hinkley has done the opposite.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

No games in Adelaide for round 24.

Every non covid year there has to be a week where there is no game played at AO if there is a bye.

2014 it was Rd 1 as AO wasnt ready. Most years its during the bye rounds period. A couple of years it was just before the byes started. This year its the last round. With the finals bye, its no real drama with respect to travel affecting finals teams.

 

[240volt]

Making a grand final means you are a strong and well coached team. For Lyon to do it three times across two clubs says it was no fluke. Winning the grand final takes a lot more than that - performing on the day, a bit of luck, being a Victorian team.

Lyon has proven he can get teams to stand up under the heat and pressure of finals football. Hinkley has done the opposite.

Your points are valid but his game plan has not evolved since his better days.
What worked before doesn’t necessarily work today.
His style will never win or even make a GF in today’s game.
Who is better out of him and Hinkley?
Well if you take the old Port Adelaide thinking that if you don’t win the premiership your season is a fail they are both loser's

 

[Poo Eckert]

Your points are valid but his game plan has not evolved since his better days.
What worked before doesn’t necessarily work today.
His style will never win or even make a GF in today’s game.
Who is better out of him and Hinkley?
Well if you take the old Port Adelaide thinking that if you don’t win the premiership your season is a fail they are both loser's

Pretty sure defensive game plans prevail.